Distribution and breeding success of pallid swifts, Apus pallidus, on Mediterranean islands: Nest predation by the roof rat, Rattus rattus, and nest site quality

Oikos

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 78-88

  Penloup, Aura ^a   Martin, Jean Louis ^a   Gory, Gérard ^b   Brunstein, Daniel ^c   Bretagnolle, Vincent ^d  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle   (France)

^c CEBC CNRS ^*  (France)

^d CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SUCCESS; EGG PREDATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEST SITE QUALITY; PALLID SWIFT; ROOF RAT;

MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

APUS APUS; APUS PALLIDUS; AVES; MAMMALIA; PHASIANIDAE; RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 0030864347     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546518     Document Type: Article

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